Animal-trap.



PATENTED DEC. 29. 1903.

B. F. D. MILLER.

ANIMAL TRAP.

APIPLIGATION FILED DEC. 22, 1902 N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT ()FF-ICE.

BENJAMIN F. D. MILLER, OF WOOSTER, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE J.

KREIGER, JR., AND DANIEL HELLER, OF WOOSTER, OHIO.

ANIMAL-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 748,201, datedDecember 29, 1903.

Application filed December 22, 1902. Serial No. 136,292. (No model.)

sists in the novel construction hereinafter de-' scribed, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

The invention consists, essentially, of an attachment made up of anumber of wires bent in the form shown and described and designed to beattached to the ends of a stovepipe, tile, or any other suitable andCOHVBH".

ient cylindrical body.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a view of a cylindrical body, partly insection, having its ends provided with my improved attachment. Fig. 2 isan end view of the same.

In the drawings, 1 designates the cylindrical body carrying in its endsmy improved attachment 2. As shown, this attachment is made up of aseries of wires 3, arranged in.

circular form and attached to and held in position by twosupporting-rings L and 5, forming a central inwardly-extending opening6. The outer supporting-ring 4 being of larger diameter than the innersupporting-ring 5, the opening 6 is consequently larger in diameter atits outer or receiving portion than at its inner orterminating portion.

It will be observed that the attachment is made up of sixteen wires '3in the presentinstance, and each one of these wires is soldered orsecurelyattached to the supportingrings 4 and 5 in any suitable andconvenient manner. Thelower or base ends of the wires 3 are bentoutwardly from the supportingring 5 and are then bent upwardly andoutwardly to form a series of spring-arms 7, adapted to form a seat forand receive the end of the cylindrical body 1. It will thus be seen thatwhen a cylindrical body 1 is provided at its ends with my improvedattachment 2, as shown in Fig. 1, a simple and efiicient animal-trap isprovided.

1 The operation of the invention is as follows: Any suitable baiting maybe introduced into the cylinder midway of its ends, if necessaryordesirable, and the animal will enter through the centralinwardly-extending opening 6, and having once entered the animal isunable to find its way out.

If desired, the cylindrical portion 1 may be made up of wire-netting orother suitable material, wherethrough the animal may be .seen, and thesame sold with attachments,

of spring-arms formed at the base ends of said wires and adapted toreceive and clamp over the end of said cylindrical body.

2. An attachment for animal-traps of cylindrical form, consisting of aseries of wires arranged in circular form, providing a centralinwardly-extending opening, and bent at their base ends to form a seriesof springarms adapted to clamp over the end of a suitable cylindricalbody whereby said attachment is held in proper position.

3. In an attachment for animal-traps of cylindrical form, thecombination with a series of wires arranged in circular form, providinga central inwardly-extending opening; of a series of spring-arms, formedat the base ends of said wires, adapted to clamp over the end of asuitable cylindrical body.

In testimony whereof I have signed. my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' BENJAMIN F. D. MILLER.

Witnesses:

ANNA M. GRAETER, T. W. ORR.

